Klamath
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The Klamath are a Native American tribe of the Plateau culture area in southern Oregon and northern California.
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Culture
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Language
The Klamath language is a member of the Plateau Penutian family. Klamath was previously considered a language isolate.
Klamath has two dialects:
- Klamath proper
- Modoc
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Bibliography
- Mithun, Marianne. (1999). The languages of Native North America. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. ISBN 0-521-23228-7 (hbk); ISBN 0-521-29875-X.